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Brief View of the Caste System of the North-Western Provinces and Oudh, Together with an Examination of the Names and Figures Shown in the Census Report, 1882, Being an Attempt to Classify on a Functional Basis all the Main Castes of the United Provinces, and to Explain their Gradations of Rank and the Process of their Formation.

Author: Nesfield, John C.

Keywords: Indian Society, British India, Awadh, North Western Provinces, J.C. Nesfield, Castes. Caste system

Publisher: North-Western Provinces and Oudh Government Press, Allahabad

Description: This work starts with a mention of the first Census attempts of the British in India. It takes the Census report of 1881, published in 1882, as its base. The work is an account of the various groups identified here as ‘castes’ and ‘tribes’ of North Western Provinces and Awadh under the British in the nineteenth century. It gives descriptions of the occupations of each group, their internal divisions, process of formation, religious practices, customs and traditions etc.

Source: Central Secretariat Library

Type: Rare Book

Received From: Central Secretariat Library


DC Field Value
dc.contributor.author Nesfield, John C.
dc.date.accessioned 2018-07-23T08:50:56Z
dc.date.available 2018-07-23T08:50:56Z
dc.description This work starts with a mention of the first Census attempts of the British in India. It takes the Census report of 1881, published in 1882, as its base. The work is an account of the various groups identified here as ‘castes’ and ‘tribes’ of North Western Provinces and Awadh under the British in the nineteenth century. It gives descriptions of the occupations of each group, their internal divisions, process of formation, religious practices, customs and traditions etc.
dc.source Central Secretariat Library
dc.format.extent v, 132 p.
dc.format.mimetype application/pdf
dc.language.iso English
dc.publisher North-Western Provinces and Oudh Government Press, Allahabad
dc.subject Indian Society, British India, Awadh, North Western Provinces, J.C. Nesfield, Castes. Caste system
dc.type Rare Book
dc.date.copyright 1885
dc.identifier.accessionnumber AS-004407
dc.format.medium text
DC Field Value
dc.contributor.author Nesfield, John C.
dc.date.accessioned 2018-07-23T08:50:56Z
dc.date.available 2018-07-23T08:50:56Z
dc.description This work starts with a mention of the first Census attempts of the British in India. It takes the Census report of 1881, published in 1882, as its base. The work is an account of the various groups identified here as ‘castes’ and ‘tribes’ of North Western Provinces and Awadh under the British in the nineteenth century. It gives descriptions of the occupations of each group, their internal divisions, process of formation, religious practices, customs and traditions etc.
dc.source Central Secretariat Library
dc.format.extent v, 132 p.
dc.format.mimetype application/pdf
dc.language.iso English
dc.publisher North-Western Provinces and Oudh Government Press, Allahabad
dc.subject Indian Society, British India, Awadh, North Western Provinces, J.C. Nesfield, Castes. Caste system
dc.type Rare Book
dc.date.copyright 1885
dc.identifier.accessionnumber AS-004407
dc.format.medium text